Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Because "Catholic Voices" have shown the world what a great, wonderful, ranking group of thinkers and wordsmiths they are. The way they use words is AWESOME!

Me, I thought that the words 'Catholic' and 'intellectual' were like chalk and cheese - or self-contradictory, if you know what I mean.

But I was SO wrong.

Here, they write about the UCL Student Unions very wise decision that whenever "pro-lifers" have a meeting, there must be someone to speak out for "pro-choicers" as well.

Quite right - the forces of obscurantism must not be let loose to cloud and poison the minds of young impressionable students. All the usual taleban papists have got their knickers in a twist over this stumbling block to them trying to force their blinkered views down the throats of innocent young people, who just want to have a good time, like you and me.

But "Catholic Voices" have spoken. Three times. And remember "what I tell you three times is true".

Here is what they came up with first:

1 'But in reality, Catholics on campus have nothing to fear. The motion contains no definition of "pro-choice"; if it means simply someone who accepts that abortion should be legal, most Catholics -- including the bishops of England and Wales, who advocate incremental restrictions, but not yet a total ban -- would fit that description.'

So, the bishops of England and Wales are pro-choice. Glory be!

Then they changed it to this:

2 The motion contains no definition of "pro-choice"; if it means simply someone who accepts that abortion cannot be prohibited immediately, most informed Catholics -- including the bishops of England and Wales, who advocate incremental restrictions, but not yet a total ban -- would fit that description.'

"most Catholics -- including the bishops of England and Wales, who advocate incremental restrictions, but not yet a total ban -- would fit that description."(that's pro-choice)'Yup, I'm happy with that!

And now this:

3 'But in reality, Catholics on campus have nothing to fear. The motion's definition of pro-choice ideology is so narrow and extreme, and its actions so brow-beating and authoritarian, that it will show informed pro-lifers who accept that abortion cannot be prohibited immediately -- including the bishops of England and Wales, who advocate incremental restrictions, but realise that a total ban is currently impossible to achieve -- to be the true advocates of moderate, rational and humane principle.'

So, informed pro-lifers and the bishops of England and Wales advocate incremental restrictions, but realise that a total ban is currently impossible to achieve.

Realistic, flexible, NUANCED, as it should be.

It's what I thought all along! So stick that in your pipe or thuriber and smoke it, Benny 16!!!

5 comments:

I tell ya brother! Life here in America is getting harder, what with all the regional pot busts disrupting the community based capitalism of the empowered enlightened people, and the Bishops all getting stuffy about paying their fair share to empower women's sexuality so they can be as free as Gay Men to indulge!

But we have some voices of our own here, like US Catholic magazine that says it's OK for Universities to require tht regious groups open their leadership to people of other faiths, or no faith at all! Can you imaging the great liturgies if the Catholyc group was led by a consortium of Tantric Buddhist monks and Atheist Jazz singers! And with the president making the Church foot the bill for contraceptives and stuff No Worries At All!

Well it's rough now, but it's looking up! After all, Benny's gonna get hauled into court here one way or another, and that'll be that!

By the way, any chance you can come by for our "BAsh Wednesday Literaturegy" The Girls of the Uplands Gay Mens Chorus and Drag society miss you so!

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Roman Catholic, married, father and grandfather.
Former banker, investment consultant, project worker in London homelessness charities. I taught for seven years in a Catholic school in Poland, and now am busy teaching adults, translating and proof-reading.